[HN Gopher] Alamut (Bartol Novel)
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Alamut (Bartol Novel)
Author : lermontov
Score : 21 points
Date : 2023-06-27 19:36 UTC (3 days ago)
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| v8xi wrote:
| Earlier this week I was reading about Hassan-i Sabbah and
| stumbled upon an interesting, relevant factoid.
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| Hassan-i Sabbah's militant group was known for taking drugs
| (hashish) as well as the targeted murdering (assassinations) of
| key figures during the Crusades. So they were referred to as
| hashishins (arabic for hashish-smokers) which was eventually
| turned into assassins and thats where the term comes from.
| CollinEMac wrote:
| This is probably my favorite novel of all time. It has a little
| bit of everything: romance, action, philosophy, religion,
| history.
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| The only thing I'll say is if you've read that Assassin's Creed
| is "based" on Alamut, you might be a bit disappointed. I would
| say it's more of a "heavy influence".
| claptone wrote:
| This was one of the best books I have ever read. Absolutely
| recommended.
| miobrien wrote:
| > This book was one of the inspirations for the video game series
| Assassin's Creed.
|
| Interesting. Never heard of this book or author.
| helij wrote:
| Unfortunately there are a loot of books not translated into
| other languages which we'll never know about.
| andybug wrote:
| I'll admit I only read this book after I heard Assassin's Creed
| was based on it. I remember it being a fantastic read, a lot of
| the philosophical notes of the first AC game come straight from
| the book. I still think about it occasionally, so you could say
| it stuck with me.
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